* My pal Josiah Leighton returns to close-read a few action sequences within an inch of their lives. First up is a Chris Ware action sequence (seriously) from Quimby the Mouse, and also a scene from Jason Pearson’s Body Bags; this is the first time in human history that these two comics have been discussed in tandem. Next up is a Rob Haynes spread from Daredevil. Nobody does what Josiah is doing better than Josiah does it.
* Tom Spurgeon presents the writer Ben Schwartz’s take on Alan Moore’s recent pronouncements regarding comics the art form and comics the industry. it’s gratifying to see somebody else describe those comments as dictionary-definition “ignorant,” and who knows, maybe the way Schwartz tackles it will get people to consider whether Moore’s similar comments regarding Hollywood filmmaking are different not in kind but in degree, rather than taking both trains of thought and just saying “hey, he’s an artist not a critic, and plus I agree, and plus calm down Sean.” Ahem.
* I report this out of a sense of obligation rather than any actual interest, but Sam Raimi says he still wants to do Evil Dead 4 and says he’d drag Bruce Campbell with him. Typically, MTV Movies Blog oversells this by blaring EXCLUSIVE and headlining it “Raimi insists Bruce Campbell and he will be back for a fourth ED film” when Raimin in fact does no such thing. This is annoying, and perhaps actively misleading given how firmly Campbell recently came out against the prospect of doing ED4. Please stop doing stuff like that, MTV Movies Blog.
* Jason Adams highlights some, uh, highlights from the Battlestar Galactica finale. I’ve enjoyed seeing which storylines hit various fans the hardest, and this is no exception.
* When T-shirt blogging and real-life horror blogging collide: Ha’aretz reports on some of the gruesomely violent, even warcrime-endorsing T-shirts being made by members of the Israeli military to commemorate the completion of various training courses. I bet you I could find a lot more stories along these lines on behalf of virtually every nation and political persuasion on Earth, sadly. It seems like a rich vein to tap given how amenable T-shirts are to sloganeering of the most vile variety. (Via Andrew Sullivan.)
* Finally, the second installment in an irregular series: The Best of Bowie Loves Beyoncé!
Remember: The prettiest stars are always in your Bowie Loves Beyoncé tumblelog.